Rotational turbidity flows and the 1929 grand banks earthquake

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1143-1163

  Nof, Doron ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1929 GRAND BANKS EARTHQUAKE; DOWNHILL MIGRATION; EARTH ROTATION; EARTHQUAKES; TURBIDITY CURRENTS;

ATLANTIC, GRAND BANKS;

EID: 0030441556     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0967-0637(96)00041-6     Document Type: Article

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